58  Lee Pegues
	Class: Senior Hometown: Wallace, S.C. High School: Marlboro County Height / Weight: 6-2 / 294 Position: Defensive End Experience: 3L

Career Statistics

Will open junior season vying for a starter's role at one of end positions, opposite Matt Milner ... Continued rapid development rate has been lauded by coaches, who feel his maturity, fundamental enhancement and work ethic in strength and conditioning program could result in honors candidacy status during last two years of career ... Unselfishly agreed to lose redshirt status late during his true freshman season and was pressed into action because of an epidemic of injuries along the line ... Credited with one tackle during the spring's initial scrimmage (March 31) ... Tallied a pair of stops, including one for lost yardage (-2) a week later in the second contest and closed out drills with two TFLs (-13), including a sack, during the Purple-Gold Game on April 14 ... Gains in strength development reached an impressive growth of 172 pounds in three primary lifts - bench press (370/+45), back squat (565/+85) and power clean (328/+42) ... Owns the program's second-highest jerk total (1,660), a wattage increase of 347 in one year ... Has also tacked on nearly two inches to his vertical jump (28") to earn "iron" status for entire body of work in weight room ... In all, has added 35 pounds to announced signing day weight of 255 (in 2010).

2011 Game-by-Game Statistics
2011: Played a full season following late activation as a true freshman and made career's initial starts, at Houston and UTEP ... Tallied 26 tackles (eight solo), including 1.5 hits for lost yardage and one sack (Tulane) ... Also credited with one quarterback hurry, at Houston ... Booked 23 of season's 26 stops on rushing plays ... Made 15 tackles (12 assists) during Conference USA games ... Tied for seventh on the squad with five solo hits in non-league action ... Slightly more productive in the second half of the year, collecting 15 stops during the final six games and 11 in the initial six ... In season finale at Marshall, recorded seventh game of the year with two or more tackles, stopping Travon Van and Tron Martinez following two-yard rushes in the opening half ... Registered both stops against Southern Miss on fourth-quarter runs ... Recorded a career-high six tackles versus Tulane, including first sack with a four-yard drop of Ryan Griffin in the opening quarter ... Tallied all six stops against the Green Wave in the first three frames ... At Navy, booked all three tackles on rushes during the last drive of the third quarter ... All three hits against the Midshipmen were solo, matching career high ... Made first start at Houston and recorded season's quarterback hurry, forcing a Case Keenum incompletion in the second quarter ... Lone stop versus UAB was first career tackle for a loss, combining with Terry Williams to drop Pat Shed two yards behind the line of scrimmage in the third quarter ... Against Virginia Tech, recorded two of game's four hits on final two plays of the opening quarter.

2010 Game-by-Game Statistics
2010: Played in five games after having redshirt removed prior to Navy game due to numerous injuries along the defensive line ... Served as a reserve defensive end and picked up 11 tackles with six solo hits ... Also recorded a quarterback hurry, in the fourth quarter against SMU, forcing a Kyle Padron incompletion ... Booked four tackles, three in the fourth quarter, at Rice ... Credited with season-high three solo hits against the Owls ... Made East Carolina debut against Navy, collecting four tackles, three assists.

High School: A four-year starter and three-time all-region selection ... Was credited with 90 tackles and 10 sacks as a senior ... Helped Marlboro County and head coach Dean Boyd to a 13-1 record, falling just one game short of reaching the state (AAA) title game ... Selected to play in the 2009 South Carolina North-South All-Star Game ... Named to the High School Sports Report AAA All-State Team in 2009 ... Rated by scout.com as the 34th-best prospect in South Carolina ... Recorded 112 tackles, 20 hits for a lost yardage, 10 sacks and one interception during junior season, in which the Bulldogs fell in the state semifinals to Myrtle Beach in what many consider to be the best game in county history ... Reportedly owned a bench press of 400 pounds, a squat of more than 500 and a power-clean lift of 300 ... Finished second in the Armed Forces Classic (weight lifting event) in his age division ... Played for former Pirate receiver Mitchell Galloway, who is a volunteer assistant coach on the Marlboro staff.

Personal: Full name is Lee Morris Pegues ... Born July 13, 1991 ... A family community services major whose work in the classroom earned inclusion on ECU's Honor Roll (3.0 grade point average or higher) for the 2011 fall semester.